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Jella Lepman and her library of dreams

This is the story of Jella Lepman, who escaped the Nazi regime in Germany and returned after the war to build a traveling library of books for children that evolved into the International Youth Library in Munich.

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Main Author: Paterson, Katherine (Author)
Other Authors: Deng, Sally (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Handprint Books, an imprint of Chronicle Books, [2024]
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Lepman, Jella > Juvenile nonfiction.
Children's librarians > Germany > Munich > Biography.
Children's librarians > Germany > Munich > Juvenile nonfiction.
Children's libraries > Germany > Munich > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction.
Reconstruction (1939-1951) > Germany > Juvenile nonfiction.
Biographies > Juvenile.
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Summary:This is the story of Jella Lepman, who escaped the Nazi regime in Germany and returned after the war to build a traveling library of books for children that evolved into the International Youth Library in Munich.
Physical Description:104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Audience:Ages 5-8
ISBN:9781452182629
1452182620
Author Notes:Katherine Paterson is the award-winning author of more than forty books, including eighteen novels for children and young people. She is a two-time winner of the Newbery and National Book Awards and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature emeritus. For her body of work, she was accorded the highest international honors in the world of children's books, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial and Hans Christian Andersen Awards, and named an honorary lifetime member of the International Board of Books for Young People. In 2000, she was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress. Katherine has four grown children and seven grandchildren. She lives in Vermont.



Sally Deng creates art for magazines, newspapers, and books and is the author-illustrator of two children's picture books. Her art has been recognized by multiple illustration annuals and exhibited in galleries across the U.S. She works from her studio in Los Angeles.

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